KSR v. Teleflex, Redefining the Obvious

For the first time since the creation of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving the issue of when a new idea is obvious and therefore unpatentable—one of the fundamental pillars of U.S. patent law jurisprudence. In KSR v. Teleflex, the Supreme Court rejected […]

KSR v. Teleflex, Redefining the Obvious

For the first time since the creation of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving the issue of when a new idea is obvious and therefore unpatentable—one of the fundamental pillars of U.S. patent law jurisprudence. In KSR v. Teleflex, the Supreme Court rejected […]